Can Dogs and Cats Become Friends?
Dogs and Cats Can Your Dog And Cat Ever Become Friends?
Cats and dogs are notoriously famous for being thought of as arch enemies. From cartoons to movies, they are always being depicted as two animals that are always at each other’s throats. This makes it easy to assume that they are not meant to get along. However, there is a way for these two seemingly opposite pets to be friends and live under the same roof in peace.
The truth of the matter is that cats and dogs can coexist in the same household. There may be some territorial disputes at first depending on the age of the animals. It is not uncommon for a pet owner who has had a cat living in a home for years and brings home a dog, for the cat to take swipes at the dog. The same is true when the dog is in its home territory.
The easiest way to overcome this obstacle though, is by introducing a kitten to an older established dog. While the older cats are already predisposed to hate dogs, the younger cats can be trained to get along simply by sharing the same house. Unfortunately they will not just simply run up to each other and immediately fall in love, but they will eventually get along with each other.
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Expect some hissing and spitting from your kitten
When you bring home a new kitten and you begin initiating contact between your feline friend and your adult dog, you must be present at all times and expect the cat to display some fear by hissing and possibly spitting. This is just the way that cats express their fear as well as make an attempt to scare off a potential enemy. In order to prevent your dog from reacting back towards this behavior, just grab your kitten when you see the hissing reaction taking place and then place her back down again to associate with the dog. It just takes time.
Exposed Isolation helps with the kitten and dog integration
Exposed isolation means just what it says: you want to isolate the cat in one area and the dog in another, yet have them both exposed so that they can see and stiff at each other. A great way to do this is to get a baby gate and separate the two animals on either side in a room. Your cat now enough area to roam free, as well as your dog. And when they get curious they will simply come closer to the gate and sniff each other out, slowly making friends.
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You have to realize that not all cats and dogs will get along no matter how much conditioning and training you involve them in. Some dogs have an increasingly high amount of predatory drive, depending on their breed.
You have to remember that dogs are hunters and have a natural instinct to chase. Before you consider purchasing a kitten it would be wise to do some research and ask specific questions about the type of breed of dog you have. An obvious example would be trying to bring a kitten into the house where an adult pitbull is living. It doesn’t take much common sense to know that this would be a mistake.
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